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RAILROAD EQUITIES.
Letter of Senator Stanford Advising "A
Court of Equities.

1Lelier ot SeUatOE ADVISING u
Court of Equities.
[Copyrght, 1857, by he California Associated Press
New York, October 25th.-The follow
ing was read at the session of the Pacific
Railway Commission to-day:
SAN Francisco, Cal, October Goth.
Robert i. Puttis0n, Esq, United States Pacific
ItdiItody CommiSsioRer-SIB: In your examina-
ton OF myself you asked me to suggest some
way of settlement between the Genital Pacific
Railroad Company and the Government. Now
that the testimony has closed, and as am ad-
yised nothing material has developed by the
testimony taken in California, desire to sug-
geSt that the Commission report i'll favor of
the appointment Of proper court to consider
the, equities existing between the Government
and the Central Pacific Railroad Company, as
inquired into, in accordance with the Act of
Congress approved March 3, 1887, and render
final judgment thereon. Then the question,
What further legislation may be needed? can
be fairly considered. | consider that the Act of
Congress directing an inquiry into the equities
erects different standard by which to measure
the relations between the railroad company and
the Government from the purely legal relation
heretofore existing. LELAND STANFORD
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A FACTORY DESTROYED

Gco9,7ig1t, 1857, by t4c California associated Press
RosEvILLE, October 25th.-The furniture
factory of William Spanier, in this town,
was totally destroyed by fire at six O'Clock
this morning, Loss, $1,000; no insurance.
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PACIFIC COAST.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH NEAR ROSE.
WILLIE.
StAe Board of Trade-Forest Fires
Xet Burning Burglary
Sudden Death.
CALIFORNIA PRODUCTS.

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REooRD-usIos. I
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h9 The WEEKLY UNION
publishes a greater volume
OF news and choice literary
matter than any other
weekly in the United States.
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The Terrible Mexican Cyclone.
Couldn't Wait for Red Tame.

CHICAGO, October 25th.-A warrant was
taken out here to-day for the arrest of a
racine coast deserter named Esoelman,
who has been forging checks against the
United States Quartermaster's Department.
When preparations for his arrest had been
completed he had suddenly disappeared.
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WASHINGTON, October 25th.-The State
Department building was draped in black
this morRing as mark Of respect TO the
memory of the late L. B. Washburne.
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COAST FIRES.

Humboldt County Suffers From Fores
Fires Other Losses.
Copyright. 1857, By l.e California Associated lress
PETRoLIA, October 25th.-The most de
structive fire that has ever occurred here i.
al present raging between here and Shelter
Cove, distance of thirty-tive miles. Fol
miles inland all vegetation is burned. Re
ports state that numbers of live stock
dwellings, barns and fences are burned
The losses are great, and will be more un.
less rains soon come. An extremely high
wind prevails.
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Imported Plug-Uglies.

BALTIMORE, October 25th.-Delegations
of 'toughs" are on the road hither from
New York, Philadelphia and other places
to help the German crowd terrorize re-
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was so favorably impressed with his
daughters sutton that before another
YER had rolled round he had taken the
young Blackstonian into both his Office
and family.
The great American novel did not
come in February-at least, not with
John Howland's name on the title
page. One. day, when his betrothed
asked him about it, he replied: Part
of the manuscript miscarried in the
mails, love, and 1 have never re-
written it."
The biography of DR.. McRae, how
ever appeared; but without any refer
ence to the annotated copy of Tasso
Stuart Claire, in the intervals of an
increasing business, still scribbles
unavailable" sketches. He has often
tried to induce his friend, Rowland, to
unite with him in another literary
partnership, but, so far, unsuccessfully,
for JOIN says the profits from the first
have made him Independent. &C. N.
HdrgeI, IN Current.
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USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

BE all ungentleness and harm ex-
cluded from the temples of the house.
hold gods!
In making any sauce put the flour
and butter in together and your sauce
will not be lumpy.
Begin Bookkeeping with one or two
colonies, and study the subject as you
enlarge and extend the business.
In Tottenham Court road, recently,
twelve farmers united together and
opened shop to sell their own pro-
duce. London agricultural Gazette.
All English breeds of cattle have
been built up among competent breed
ers who are not SO particular about
pedigrees as we are. Guernsey Breeder.
--Frosting without eggs-One cup
graduated sugar and five tablespoons
milk, boil five minutes, stir until cold,
and put on cold cake. 1t is splendid;
try it.-EGchange.
Oil for Red Furniture: Take lin
seed oil; put it into glazed pipkin
with as much alkanet root as it will
cover. Let it boil gently, and it will
become of a strong red color; when
cool it will be fit for use.
Care of Silk-Never use brush;
it Injuries the goods. Instead wipe
carefully with the face of a soft piece Of
velvet Shake the velvet occasionally
and wipe between every plat if you
would preserve your garment and have
it retain its new look,-Good House
keeping.
"A stock-raiser reports that he de-
stroys lice on cattle by boiling potatoes
until they are thoroughly cooked, then
removing the potatoes, allowing the
water to boil down to one-half the
quantity to increase its strength. The
water is then used on the animals as a
wash. Two quarts of potatoes boiled
in three gallons of water are the proper
proportions. Indianapolis Journal.
To prevent hair from falling out,
take one teaspoonful of salt, thirty
grains of quinine and a pint of bay
rum. Rub the hair thoroughly every
night. Another remedy is to take a
handful of Southern wood leaves, cover
them with alcohol, and let them stand
till the strength is extracted. Add one
teaspoonful of this to third of cup
of water, and wet the scalp tn oroughly
once day.
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MIDSUMMER MADNESS.

.
Bring hither, bring hither my red band-box;
Bring hither my band-box green,
And my band-box brown from London town,
And my box Of silvern sheen.
"And IFS oh fer my trunk Of leather tough,
And my trunk OF oak-ribbed zinc;
And my trunk so tough, OF canvas stun,
That will bulg' mt will not shrink.
'oh, pile them u with the robes IweaE,
Till their lids they overflow;
Ny lord he viii stare, and exc he will swear,
But in they will have to CO."
ooh waly, waly, my ladye fair,
Now whittier will We feet"
ITO Mount Saint Bushalof- Worri- Ancair
On Conylle-by-the-sea."
they have sezen her boxes one and az,
In the Tavern Lafltte de Kidd;
And loudly for help the porters call,
AS they stack them up in entry and hall,
And pile them high against bulkhead and wall,
But wherever they stow them, great and small,
Far oGt of her reach they are slid
Her room is a cell a fathom long,
Her bed is a thing of fears;
Where all night long the noseless song
OF the wingless bird she hears.
And her lord he lies in q hallway lone
On sleep destroying cot
Where She hears him groan in wrathful
tone
"Its- "HushD "Its-"Csh! HushD-
"hotr
And all this time in their home in town,
mansion Of cool gray stone,
There are peaceful glooms in seventeen rooms,
Where the burglar sleeps alone.
r. d. Burdette, in Brooklyn Eagle
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STRAWBERRY BEDS.
Val able and Timely Suggestions on Their
Summer Treatment.

summer treatment
If from any cause the strawberry bed
has not proved satisfactory the past
season, the reason should be
ascertained and the fault rem
edied. The hill system, which is moth
ing more than allowing no runners to
root, requires rich soil, and some
care. But with it the finest fruit is OBJ
tanned, as only so many plants occupy
the ground as can find room to develop.
Plants thus set out, however, rarely
stay in condition longer than two OF
three years. A common method is to
plant two or three rows in bed, plac-
ing the plant eighteen inches apart at
the beginning, afterward allowing
paths of two feet between. The run.
ners are allowed to grow over the en-.
tire surface, excepting the two-feet
paths, which are left free for picking,
wedding, etc. If allowed to grow two
full crops only, this is a good method.
Another plan is to set the plants three
feet apart, and allow the runners to
cover say one-half this space, reserving
the balance for picking and wedding.
Whichever method is used, replant-
ing on fresh ground is desirable, and
often easier than cleaning a weedy
bed and keeping it cleaned.
In making a renewal, plant only
strong, vigorous young plants-neyer
those that have borne crop.
While for extensive planting there is
probably no time like early spring;
still for the garden, where extra care
can be given, or a shOwery time
selected, a successfully fair crop can
be obtained the next summer from this
summers planting A favorite way
for the amateur, is to root them in
small fower-pots, which are set in the
ground alongside of the growing
plants. A runner is placed over the
top, and it will soon take root, stone
or peg having been placed over the
runner, to keep it in place until rooted.
The advantage of this system is that by
severing the runner from the parent
stem, it can be at once transplanted,
and suffer but little by the operation.
This method has long been in practice
by those who force strawberries in
hothouses during summer. They are
shifted from the smaller into five or
six-inch pots, and every possible in
ducement given in the way of careful
watering, occasionally with manure
water, and all runners kept from grow
ing. BY fall, 6ne plant with well-de-
veloped crowns is the result, and,a good
crop is produced before winter has left
US. 1t is plain that the same amount of
care in obtaining full growth in sum-
mer will produce good crop the follow
ing season, if the plants are set in the
open ground instead of pots. For the
market this might not pay, but for the
amateur it is an easy way to have the
best of fruit fresh from the garden,
and better still, of ones own raising.
-PrGirie Farmer.
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A LITERARY VENTURE.
How and Why It Proved a Grand
Success.

"Just turn the axis Of your optical
apparatus in this direction, John How
land. That is the kind of mail matter
receive" cried Stuart Claire, as,
bursting into Howland's law office in
Windham, he held up two bulky en-
velopes. "Both those stories l sent
out Il fortnight ago have returned like
bad pennies. They were forwarded
from home this morning declare it's
too bad, after all the wear and tear of
brain tissue spent upon them"
"Pshaw! Stuart, that's nothing.
Wait, as 1 do, until you have things
come back six or eight times before
you complain. Lack of appreciation
is the common fate of all great minds.
'Sartor Resartus' and Innocents
Abroad were rejected at first. Then
see the great poems that have met with
a cold reception-the Song of the
Shirt, for instance. Why, only fort
night ago the Meteor rejected one of
my finest illusions on Autumn 1t
started out in this way"
1.-The Mete0r?"
"No; the poem"
"'Wide, hillockdmpled amber lass
Stretch far away before my door;
The grasses rolled
BY autumn's breeze
Recall the tales that seers Of old
Wrote OF deep-waved Hesperian seas
OF molten gold.
"Say, John, if I'll admit that that
doggerel and Song of the Shirt ought
not have been refused, what will you
take in cash not to inhict upon me the
remaining stanzas. I'm not feeling
very strong to-day, and moreover, I'm
interested just now in the fate of these
stories," interrupted Stuart.
"Oh, of course I'll stop if your sordid
soul can not comprehend the beautiful
imagery What about those precious
sketches of yoursP"
"Well, I'm puzzled what to do with
them. One editor writes that the story
sent him is meritorious, but can moi
be used on account of lack of space"
Stuart Glare, when were you bornP
You make me blush for your ignorance.
Don't you know that that hackneyed
excuse is only another way of telling
you that he thinks your stuff the
merest bosh. y
"Well, that is what he said, anyway
The other one says my descriptions are
excellent, but that the Conversations
scenes are wretched I've notion tC
throw both packages into the fire. Lit
erary ambition is all vanity and vexa
ton"
80 your descriptions are good anC
the talk poor? Strange coincidence
The editor of the Cicer0nidn wrote m,
only last week that my description
spoiled the good impression made b!
my love-scenes. Say, Stuart, / haV,
an idea.
Don't lose it. You may never hav,
another"
"Silence in the court! Let's form ;
partnership. You write the descrip
tons and I'll do up the talking. It'll
be Just the thing-Besant and Rice
Erckmann-Chatrain, Nicolay and Ha.
style, don't you knowP"
'yTNat is a good scheme. While W
were abosk it we might write book.
"Yes, and we could use our las
summers camping at the lake as par
of the machinery "
"Make you and Mile Payson chic
actors, ehP By the way, John, do yor
ever write to MillieP"
'No. The fact is, Stuart, l dare not
lam afraid l should tell her too much
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A letter was received, duly sd-
dressed to W. H. Moore, music dealer,
Watertown, Ga, several days since,
with one dollar inclosed with an order
for twelve pieces of music. As the
writer did not sign name or give ad-
dress, Mr. Moore wrote to the post
master. Thursday letter was received
from the sender in which she said:
"You must excuse me for sending an
order without signing my name, but
the fact is l was just married and al
most forgot 1 had any name" She or
dered: 81 Love My Love-" "Home,
Sweet Home" Lover and the Bird, "
Grandmother Chair and my
Love on the Sea-" and rs the music
was promptly sent, it expected she
will recover.
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CONCLUDING REMARKS.

And now in conclusion The study of
these people has been very interesting to
me, they are so different from our folks.
The points in the farmers life that i'm
pressed me most were:
First-That he raises about all he needs
for the use of himself and family. His
wants are few and his own labor supplies
nearly all of them.
Second-The fact that all his work is
done by hand, in the entire absence of ma
chinery and almost of good tools, and with
almost no aid from domestic animals.
Third-The free use of water on the
land-large as the rainfall is, the Japanese
uses water even more freely than we do in
our irrigation districts.
Fourth-The rigid economy and frugal
ity of the people and especially that phase
OF 1t which uses those forms of manure
which we throw away; and
Lastly-Ihe singular contrast of a very
dense population, nearly 225 to the square
mile. and yet only one-ninth of the surface
under cultivation, much good land being
absolutely width state of nature
This will undoubtedly be remedied by
better means of communication, by new
methods of agriculture, which will utilize
the high lands, and by introduction of cat
tie and sheep, thus putting the mountain
lands to grazing use.
But L must say in closing that in all
their poverty, with so little at their dis
posal of what we call the very necessitie-
of life, | never saw a people so contented
so happy, so kind and good-natured, as the
average japanese.
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Furniture of the Sittine-rnnm.

The furniture of the sitting-room NAV
not be as elegant as that which adorns the
parlor, but it should be neat and at all
hazards comfortable. Low chairs should
abound, and each member of the family
should have his and her particular seat
and coy nook. The sewing machine,
when not in use, should be draped with a
pretty table-cover and rolled back out of
the way, the mending- basket and stocking
bag should have their corner and hook
where they need not be too apparent. If
there is no regular library in the house,
part, at least, of the books should be here,
arranged on low shelves where they will
be conveniently at hand when pauses oc-
cur in the regular work. One shelf NAV
be appropriated to the children's school
books. Endless searchings and hurryings
will be spared by having fixed place for
these. What pictures are on the walls
should be good. Cheap and tawdry chromos
or Autographs are far more of disfgure-
ment than an ornament. The simple
adornment of gay japanese fans, unframed
photographs, etc, that would look out of
place in the more sedate elegance of a
drawingroom, are suitable here.
A room in which there is as much work
done as there is in this should be well
lighted both by day and by night. The
windows should not be darkened by heavy
draperies, but supplied with shades and
curtains Of Madras, scrim or muslin Some
color is preferable to pure white, as that is
APT to show every particle of dust, and the
curtains to look limp and dingy as soon as
the starch IS out of them. Figured China
SILK Is very pretty, although perhaps not
as serviceable as the Madras goods in soft
neutral tints: These even if they fade a
little, Will still be harmonious in tone, and
can be freshened at any time by being
taken down and subjected to a thorough
shaking and beating in the open air
Christine Iefhaae Herrick IN Harpsr's Bazar
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kept up the fields of Japan, where the pop
ulation has been dense for so many cen
turtles, and where the land is cropped, not
merely once year, but much of it twice
or even three times. The objection is
sometimes made by foreigners that this
process tends to spread the germs Of disease,
but | have never seen any proof of this,
while the japanese contend that the thor
ough fermentation which always takes
place in the watts destroys all germs and
renders the mixture entirely harmless.
VARIETY AND VOLUME OF PRODUCTION.
Before going further it will be best to
present statement of the Principal pro-
ducts of the empire, as this gives us key
to some of the methods of agriculture.
There is such discrepancy in the different
authorities on this subject, that applied
to the Government officials at Toxic for
reliable information, to be embodied in
this article, and Mr.. Yanageka, formerly
Consul at San Francisco, and now of the
Agricultural Department of Toxic, sends
me the following as the latest and most re-
liable statistics of the
PRINCIPAL PRODUCTS OF JAPAN:
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Monday, October 31st, 1887,

hOHuays oCboDer 3ISty 1881,
At u O'Clock NJ, for furnishing Paper and
other Material for the State Printing Office for
the year beginning on the first Monday in
November, 1887, and ending on the first Monday
in November, 1888, in qualities and quantities
as per schedule, to be furnished on application
to the Superintendent of State Printing.
Bidders viii furnish samples with price per
and also names of makers whose stock they pro
pose to supply
Payments to be made in warrants upon the
State Treasury.
Section 532 of the Political Code provides that
No bids shall be considered unless aeconpa-
MED by a certified check in the sum of two
thousand dollars gold coin, payable to the Gov
ernor, for the use of the people of the State of
California, conditioned that if the bidder re-
ceives the award of the contract he will within
thirty days, enter into bonds in the sum of ten
thousand dollars with two or more sureties, to be
approved by the Governor of the State that he
will faithfully perform the condition of his con
tract. All bids must be for the furnishing and
delivery of the paper and materials at the State
Printing Office, in the City of Sacramento so
that the State shall not be charged with any cost
of transportation or delivery
Bidders will understand that all of the paper
of the dimensions of 30x41 sob Book Paper
must be put in cases of about reams each
The Board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids, and to accept all or any portion of
any bid.
Proposals to be Endorsed: Proposals for Paper
and Material for the State Printing Office"
p. L. SHOAFF,
s2o2pSOt Superintendent State Printing.
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GENERAL NOTICES.
Vice to Mothers.-nIrs. WinsloM,s

Advice to Mothers.-NIrs. Winslow's
SOOTHING SYRUP should always be used when
children are cutting teeth L relieves the little
sufferer at once; it produces natural, quiet sleep
by relieving the child from pain, and the little
cherub awakes as bright as a button" It is
very pleasant 70 taste. 1t soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind,
remedy for diarrhoea, whether arising from teeth
ing or other causes. Twenty-Five cents bottle.
mr15-1yMWF
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WHEN the system is debilitated by dis
ease it should be strengthened and renewed
with Ayers Sarsaparilla. This medicine
invariably proves itself worthy of all that
can be said in its favor. Sold by druggists
and dealers in medicines. Price, ST. Six
bottles, So.
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have been for several years sufferer
from hay fever and severe head colds and have
tried other remedies in hope of getting relief
but have found none than can compare with
Ely's Cream Balm. 1 wonld not be without it
for any consideration II is simply wonderful in
its effect upon the nasal organs.
fes ly s. H. BURT, Wilmington, n. c.
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A GRAND feature of Hoods Sarsaparilla
is, that while it purifes the blood and sends
it coursing through the veins enriched and
vi'alized, it also imparts new vigor to every
function of the body
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Comrades of the G. A. r., Sumner, War
rem and Fair Oaks Posts, with their wives, are
invited to a literary ard social entertainment,
at Changers Hall, Thursday evening, at S
o'clock, September 29th. Given by the ladies of
the g. A. z. THE COMMITTEE.
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S. s. g e. I. southwereh. Dentists. Sac.

III you want a Number One Carpe.
woven on short notice, send it to MARY S. COW
GER, 500 II street. If
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FOR SALE IN SACRAMENTO ONLY BY
WEINSTOCK & LUBIN.
NOTICE.!

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
SACRAMENTO, CAL, September ?, 1887
Pursuant to instructions from the Hon.
Secretary of the Interior, of date Au-
gust 10, 1887, conveyed in the Hon,
Commissioners letter Of" of August
&c, 1887;
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN indemnity withdrawal of all lands in the
Sacramento Land District under the Grant of
July 70, 1866, to the California and Oregon Rail-
road Company has been revoked, and the lands
covered thereby open to settlement
On Wednesday, October 70, 1887,
Said lands viii be open to fling and entry.
Witness my hand the day and year first above
written. SELDEN HETZEL, Register.
s3-istd
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The best place in California to have your printing doneI
a. j. Johnston s; Cos. 4,oJ St, Sacramento, Cal
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Balm TO the suffering public for hay fever and
stoppages of the air passages l have tried it
and find it gives immediate relief.
]. Z. RECTOR, 259 Rock St., Little Rock, Ark.
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